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Haryana · Assembly Constituency 9 · 1991

Ambala City

Winner — 1991

SUMER CHAND BHATT
INC· INC
INC 32.9%BJP 31.1%16 others 35.9%
Votes
20,489
32.9% share
Winning margin
1,101
1.8% of votes
Total candidates
18
Turnout
66.4%
of 93,681

Ambala City was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.8% — fewer than 1,101 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

18 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SUMER CHAND BHATT
INC
20,48932.9%
2
FAQIR CHAND AGGARWAL
BJP
19,38831.1%
3
SUKHDEV SINGH
YAD
10,24416.5%
4
GIAN CHAND CHAWALA
JP
4,1236.6%
5
ARJUN DASS LIHARSA
3,5375.7%
6
SURJIT RAI WADHAWAN
HVP
1,3242.1%
7
SHIV KUMAR
IND
1,0061.6%
8
AJAY KUMAR
IND
7681.2%
9
SURINDER SOOD
IND
6801.1%
10
VARINDER KUMAR HANDA
IND
1290.2%
11
SWARANJIT SINGH
1230.2%
12
VIVEK DUTTA
IND
920.1%
13
NARINDER KUMAR PURI
IND
850.1%
14
BHAG SINGH MANN
IND
780.1%
15
GOVERDHAN DASS
IND
640.1%
16
RAGHUBIR SINGH SHASHTRI
IND
440.1%
17
RAJ KUMAR LAHRI
IND
400.1%
18
ROSHNI DEVI
IND
270.0%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

Average turnout (58th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
1.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.7% · min 1.0% · max 53.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
58th of 90

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.91
fewer partiesmore parties
27th of 90

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
25th of 90

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
90 seats · 46 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.91EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 32.9%BJP 31.1%YAD 16.5%JP 6.6%BSP 5.7%OTH 7.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
12,14,205
Density
687 / km²
Sex ratio
878 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,768 km²
SC population25.3%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.1%Muslim 11.4%Sikh 7.0%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water77.5%
Electricity95.3%
Sanitation65.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.8%
Children fully vaccinated82.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.7%
Children underweight (under 5)23.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.6%
Women literate85.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER6.9%
Clean cooking fuel77.7%
Health insurance20.6%

What's nearby?

1 location
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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